Josette Day

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

Gender

Female

Birthday

1914-07-31

Day of death

1978-06-27 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Josette Day

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Josette Day (July 31, 1914 - June 27, 1978) was a French film actress. Born in Paris, she began her career as an actress in 1919 at the age of five. Day was married in 1941 to famous French studio head Marcel Pagnol, who she met in January 1939. In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside Jean Marais, as Belle in director Jean Cocteau's famous take on the classic French fairytale Beauty and the Beast. Despite playing numerous parts in famous French films, Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when she was only 36 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josette Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Stolen Affections

    Stolen Affections

  • The Storm Within

    The Storm Within

  • Arlette et l'Amour

    Arlette et l'Amour

  • La Prière aux étoiles

    La Prière aux étoiles

  • Colomba

    Colomba

  • C'était un musicien

    C'était un musicien

  • The Merry Monarch

    The Merry Monarch

  • The Five Cents of Lavarede

    The Five Cents of Lavarede

  • Coralie and Company

    Coralie and Company

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • The Man of the Day

    The Man of the Day

  • Swiss Tour

    Swiss Tour

  • Lucrezia Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia

  • Monsieur Brotonneau

    Monsieur Brotonneau

  • Le couché de la mariée

    Le couché de la mariée

  • The Flame

    The Flame

  • The Regiment's Champion

    The Regiment's Champion

  • The Image Book

    The Image Book

  • The Barber of Seville

    The Barber of Seville

  • Jeunesse d'abord

    Jeunesse d'abord

  • Le Patriote

    Le Patriote

  • L'Aristo

    L'Aristo

  • The Bureaucrats

    The Bureaucrats

  • La Croisée des chemins

    La Croisée des chemins

  • The Daughters of the Concierge

    The Daughters of the Concierge

  • N'aimer que toi

    N'aimer que toi

  • Love, Madame

    Love, Madame

  • Miss Helyett

    Miss Helyett

  • Mam'zelle Spahi

    Mam'zelle Spahi

  • Monsieur Bégonia

    Monsieur Bégonia

  • Final Accord

    Final Accord

  • Club de femmes

    Club de femmes

  • Bargekeepers Daughter

    Bargekeepers Daughter

  • Bibi-la-Purée

    Bibi-la-Purée

  • Antonia

    Antonia

  • La Sonnette d'alarme

    La Sonnette d'alarme

  • The Well-Digger's Daughter

    The Well-Digger's Daughter

  • Un bouquet de flirts

    Un bouquet de flirts

  • Oaths

    Oaths

  • Aux portes de Paris

    Aux portes de Paris

  • Sisters-in-Arms

    Sisters-in-Arms

  • Ménilmontant

    Ménilmontant

  • Here's Berlin

    Here's Berlin

  • Daddy's Girl

    Daddy's Girl

  • Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane

    Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane

  • Just Leon

    Just Leon